Capsicum annumum plant named &#39;SLP2B379&#39;

ABSTRACT

A new  Capsicum annuum  plant named ‘SLP2B379’ distinguished by its combination of seedless fruits, yellow mature fruit color, and ability to set fruit under relatively hot conditions.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(f) fromNetherlands Plant Variety Rights application No. PPS1,546, filed May 26,2014.

LATIN NAME OF THE GENUS AND SPECIES OF THE PLANT CLAIMED

Capsicum annuum

VARIETAL DENOMINATION

‘SLP2B379’

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of Capsicumannuum, designated ‘SLP2B379’.

The new C. annuum ‘SLP2B379’ was discovered and selected as a singleplant in Gedera, Israel in 2011, from the progeny of a cross betweenSC09-F4-33-b as the female parent (not patented) and AJ06-F3-379-19 asthe male parent (not patented).

The new cultivar was first asexually propagated by root cuttings in BetDagan, Israel in February, 2011 and has been asexually propagated sincethat time by cutting and rooting in Gedera, Israel and Almeria, Spain.The distinctive characteristics of this new C. annuum are stable andreproduce true to type through successive generations of asexualreproduction.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

“SLP2B379” is a distinctive variety of C. annuum characterized by thefollowing traits, which have been repeatedly observed and in combinationdistinguish ‘SLP2B379’ as a new and distinct C. annuum cultivar:

1. Seedless fruits

2. Yellow mature fruit color

3. Ability to set fruit under relatively hot conditions (e.g., 30° C. to35° C. during the day and 25° C. to 30° C. at night).

Essentially all of the fruits of cultivar ‘SLP2B379’ are completelyseedless. However, in cases where ‘SLP2B379’ has been grown in thevicinity of a fertile variety, there are occasional fruits with seedsdue to cross-pollination by insects transferring pollen from the fertilevariety to ‘SLP2B379’.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW CULTIVAR

The following is a detailed botanical description of a new and distinctvariety of C. annuum known as ‘SLP2B379’. Those skilled in the art willappreciate that certain io characteristics will vary with older oryounger plants. Further, ‘SLP2B379’ has not been observed under allpossible environmental conditions. Where dimensions, sizes, colors andother characteristics are given, it is to be understood that suchcharacteristics are approximations or averages set forth as accuratelyas practicable. The variety may differ from the descriptions set forthherein with variations in is environmental and cultural conditions.

‘SLP2B379’ is able to set fruit throughout the year when grown in aplastic greenhouse in southern Israel, including under cold (November toMarch) and hot (April to June) temperatures, although the set is reducedunder hot conditions.

A technical description of the variety is provided below in Table 1based upon observations of 5-month-old plants grown under greenhouseconditions in Gedera, Israel during the Fall-Winter season.

TABLE 1 Characteristic Value Short technical description Bush-typeplant, medium internodes, produces seedless fruit, moderate ability toset in relatively hot conditions Method of reproduction Vegetativelypropagated Plant: length of stem Short-medium Plant: shortenedinternodes Absent (indeterminant) (in upper part) Plant: number ofinternodes None between 1st flower and shortened internodes (Varietieswith shortened internodes only) Plant: length of internodes Medium (onprimary side shoots) (varieties without shortened internodes) Plant:anthocyanin coloration of nodes Present Stem: Intensity of anthocyaninMedium coloration of nodes Stem: hairiness of nodes Very weak-weakPlant: vigor Strong Plant: height Compact-medium Leaf: length of bladeMedium-long Leaf: intensity of green colour Dark Leaf: shape Ovate Leaf:blistering Weak Leaf: profile in cross section Flat Leaf: glossinessWeak-medium Leaf: Undulation of margin Light Leaf: width of blade MediumFlower: anthocyanin Absent coloration in anther Peduncle: attitudeSemi-drooping Time of beginning of flowering Early (1st flower on 2ndflowering node) Fruit: colour (before maturity) Green Fruit: intensityof colour Medium (before maturity) Fruit: anthocyanin coloration Absent(before maturity) Fruit: general impression Conical Fruit: attitudeDrooping Fruit: length Short-medium Fruit: diameter Small Fruit: ratiolength-diameter Big Fruit: shape in longitudinal section TriangularFruit: shape in cross section Circular (at level of placenta) Fruit:sinuation of pericarp at Very weak basal part Fruit: sinuation ofpericarp Absent or very weak excluding basal part Fruit: texture ofsurface Smooth or very slightly wrinkled Fruit: colour (at maturity)Yellow Fruit: intensity of colour Medium (at maturity) Fruit: glossinessMedium Fruit: stalk cavity Absent Fruit: depth of stalk cavity Veryshallow Fruit: shape of apex (PBR) Very acute Fruit: depth ofinterloculary grooves Very shallow Fruit: number of loculesPredominantly two Fruit: length (cm) 9 Fruit: diameter (cm) 2 Fruit:thickness of flesh Thin Stalk: length Long Stalk: thickness Thin Fruit:capsaicin in placenta Absent Calyx: aspect Non enveloping Seed AbsentTime of maturity Medium Ripening can be compared with: Kappy PotatoVirus Y pathotype 0 Susceptible Potato Virus Y pathotype 1 UnknownPotato Virus Y pathotype 2 Unknown Tobamovirus pathotype P0 Highlyresistant Tobamovirus pathotype P0, P1 Unknown Tobamovirus pathotype P0,P1, P1-2 Susceptible Tobamovirus pathotype P0, Susceptible P1, P1-2,P1-2-3 Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Susceptible

Further features and characteristics of the fruits from cultivar‘SLP2B379’ are apparent from FIGS. 1 and 2.

Comparisons with other C. annuum cultivars.

‘SLP2B379’ is most similar to commercial C. annuum cultivar ‘SLP2B131’,which is also a seedless variety. As shown in Table 2, ‘SLP2B379’ can bedistinguished from cultivar ‘SLP2B131’ at least with respect to maturefruit colour and season for fruit setting.

TABLE 2 SLP2B379 has in comparison with: CHARACTERISTIC IN WHICH THESTATE OF STATE DENOMINATION COMPARISON EXPRESSION OF OF VARIETY IS OFEXPRES- COMPARISON DIFFERENT COMPARISON SION OF VARIETY FROM SLP2B379VARIETY SLB2B379 SLP2B131 Mature fruit intensity Dark red YellowSLP2B131 Fruit setting season Late (moderate Early (Can temperatures seteven needed for in high good set) temperatures)

What is claimed is:
 1. A new and distinct variety of Capsicum annuumplant named ‘SLP2B379’, substantially as described and illustratedherein.